Dualities

The Jewish sphere is in some ways a parallel world to Danish everyday life. Active observers of Judaism have a Hebrew name apart from their Danish name; they live with two separate calendars, observe their own holidays and use special Jewish expressions.

A long count

The Jewish calendar counts the years back to "the creation of the world", and has now reached the year 5764. The Western year 2004 is 5764-65 in the Jewish calendar.